Deirdre offered her advice to the distraught mum telling her to keep evidence of all the bullying that had happened to her son

Phil asked what the school said about it and she replied: "We've contacted the school, we've contacted the education, the head master said it was like banging his head off a brick wall because he didn't have the support of the parents of the bullies."

Agony Aunt Deirdre then said: "I know I often sound like I'm school blaming but the first thing is to keep a record, work out every single mark and scratch, photograph it so you have really solid evidence. Go back to the school and say this isn't good enough, your son is really at risk here."

Phillip said he could hear the "desperation" in her voice and was clearly upset about the situation.

He said: "There are all sorts of legal restrictions but something like that where a school is so inactive, you should be able to name and shame them and say 'Sort yourselves out because you're going to lose an 11-year-old under a lorry if you don't do something about this'.

"It's only after something like that happens that you hear 'We've put measures in place to make sure this never happens again'."

Viewers and their children will then be able to watch these stories on the This Morning website, so they can understand the importance of speaking out if they’re targeted themselves.